Why the study?
Heart failure patients are living longer and straining healthcare resources, highlighting the need to examine the role of heart failure nurses in primary care.
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Design
Review
Supports heart failure nurse integration in primary care; leaves open need for prospective outcome trials.
Cardiology services within primary care often focus on disease prevention, early identification of illness and prompt referral for diagnosis and specialist treatment. Due to advances in pharmaceuticals, implantable cardiac devices and surgical interventions, individuals with heart failure are living longer, which can place a significant strain on global healthcare resources. Heart failure nurses in a primary care setting offer a wealth of clinical knowledge and expertise across all phases of the heart failure trajectory and are able to support patients, family members and other community services, including general practitioners. This review examines the recently published evidence on the current and potential future practice of heart failure nurses within primary care.
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